Get Latitude and Longitude from address

Use google maps api v3 to get latitude and longitude of an input adress. Using callback function to manage asyncronous call

by agus makmun

HTML

<script src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false"></script>
<!-- To use Geocoding from Google Maps V3 you need to link https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false -->
<div>
     <h3> Enter an adress and press the button</h3>

    <input id="address" type="text" placeholder="Enter address here" />
    <button id="btn">Get LatLong</button>
    <div>
        <p>Latitude:
            <input type="text" id="latitude" readonly />
        </p>
        <p>Longitude:
            <input type="text" id="longitude" readonly />
        </p>
    </div>
</div>

JavaScript

/* This showResult function is used as the callback function*/

function showResult(result) {
    document.getElementById('latitude').value = result.geometry.location.lat();
    document.getElementById('longitude').value = result.geometry.location.lng();
}

function getLatitudeLongitude(callback, address) {
    // If adress is not supplied, use default value 'Ferrol, Galicia, Spain'
    address = address || 'Ferrol, Galicia, Spain';
    // Initialize the Geocoder
    geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
    if (geocoder) {
        geocoder.geocode({
            'address': address
        }, function (results, status) {
            if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
                callback(results[0]);
            }
        });
    }
}

var button = document.getElementById('btn');

button.addEventListener("click", function () {
    var address = document.getElementById('address').value;
    getLatitudeLongitude(showResult, address)
});